The organizational history of Gaopi Town

The "Dabu County Chronicle" of the Ming and Qing Dynasties records: Before the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a water source more than 20 miles away, originating from Baimangshe (today's border between Taoyuan Town and Fengshun County), and flowing through Taoyuan to Kowloon. The bay flows into Hanjiang River, with more than 200 acres of irrigated farmland. The town built at the high point of its water source is called Gaopi, and the village whose fields are irrigated by Gaopi water is called Gaopi village. According to "Dabu County Chronicles" of the Republic of China: Gaopiwei was on the east bank of Hanjiang River, and Laowei was originally located in Gaopizhai (next to today's Gaopi Middle School building). It was moved here in the 30th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty. It was first called Wuchawei, but each township could enter and leave the city. Because they are accustomed to calling the old name more often, they still call Gaobei (Mandarin: gāobēi, the Hakka dialect with Meicheng accent in Meizhou City (Meijiang District, Meixian District) Meizhou sound: gāubī, Dabu sound: gōubī). During the Republic of China, Gaopi District Office was established. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the district people's government was established to administer thirteen townships. In 1958, the district government was removed and changed to a commune. In 1981, the commune was removed and changed to Gaopi Town and Gaopi District. In 1985, the town and district were merged into Gaopi Town. In 2003 and 2004, the original Guye Town and Pingyuan Town were merged into Gaopi Town.